Perf-Based Stds, Adult Corr. Inst. 5th ed March 2020

Glossary

Health care – a system of preventative and therapeutic services that provide for the physical and mental well-being of a population. It includes, but is not limited to: medical services, dental services, behavioral health services, nursing services, pharmaceutical services, personal hygiene, dietary services, and environ- mental conditions.

Health Care Administration – see Health Authority.

Health care personnel – individuals whose primary duty is to provide health services to juveniles or adult inmates in keeping with their respective levels of health care training, licensure, or experience.

Health care practitioner/provider – clinicians trained to diagnose and treat patients, such as physicians, dentists, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, licensed social workers, podiatrists, optometrists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Health care professional – staff who perform clinical duties, such as health care practitioners, nurses, licensed professional counselors, social workers, and emergency medical technicians in accordance with each health care professional’s scope of training and applicable licensing, registration, certification, and regulatory requirements.

Health care provider – an individual licensed in the delivery of health care.

Health care services – a system of preventative and therapeutic services that provide for the physical and mental well-being of a population. Includes, but not limited to: medical services, dental services, behavioral health services, nursing services, pharmaceutical services, personal hygiene, dietary services, and environ- mental conditions.

Health Care Staff – see Health Care Personnel.

Health Care Supervision – health care services provided to an individual who needs health care treatment.

Health/medical screen – a structured inquiry and observation to prevent offenders who pose a health or safety threat to themselves or others from being admitted to the general population and to identify offenders who require immediate medical attention. The screen can be initiated at the time of admission, at scheduled intervals, or other times as appropriate, by health care personnel or by a health-trained correctional officer. Health-trained personnel/Medically trained personnel – correctional officers or other correctional per- sonnel who may be trained and appropriately supervised to carry out specific duties with regard to the administration of health care. Hearing – a proceeding to determine a course of action, such as the placement of a juvenile or adult offend- er, or to determine guilt or innocence in a disciplinary matter. Argument, witnesses, or evidence are heard by a judicial officer or administrative body in making the determination. Hearing examiner – an individual appointed by the parole authority who conducts hearings for the authori- ty. His or her power of decision making may include, but not be limited to, making parole recommendations to granting, denying, or revoking parole.

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